Support Our School Rebuild Project!

We are currently working hard to raise enough funds to buy our own plot of land in Bwaise and secure the running of our nursery and primary school for the coming years; our way of providing accessible education to children from the poorest families in our community. We are grateful for all support!

What we do

In Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is a slum called Bwaise. It is the poorest, most densely populated slum area in Kampala. More than 90,000 people live without basic services such as water, shelter and sanitation. 65% of the residents are aged between 15 and 25, and although they are young, they face lives with few prospects. Little or substandard education, limited skills, poverty and poor infrastructure all make it very difficult to start and maintain a business here. Many residents have to rely on informal jobs, such as prostitution and trafficking. These expose them to high risks of HIV/AID infections and other sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), poor working conditions and no social security yet provide only irregular and low incomes. It’s not unusual to hear that young people are driven to risk their lives for very small rewards.

AFFCAD wants to change things. It wants to improve the prospects, conditions and lives of the people who live in Bwaise and other slum communities in Kampala City. It has decided to use three major programs:

Heart Beat Performers is a group of talented and passionate young musicians from Bwaise. Their single "Challenges" was Number 1 in the World Music Charts; all profits of this single went towards one of AFFCAD's projects.

Tusobola - Together we can!

Together we can!

Stories/News

Shamirah Matovu, 20, Arts and Crafts

"I and my friends have started up a small local crafts shop which makes all kinds of local crafts. I can now support myself in all aspects of life which was not the case before. I thank BYEC for changing my life positively and making me feel important in the society."